FRENCH INDIA: Silver rupee in the name of Shah Alam II, Arcot, AH 1204, RY 29. SUPERB!

Obverse	Legend, naming Shah Alam and AH date (120)4
Reverse	Legend, including crescent mintmark, regnal year 29, and mint name Arkat
Date	AH 1204 (=1789-90 CE
Weight	11.32 gm.
Diameter	22-23 mm.
Die axis	4 o'clock
Reference	KM 15
Comments	KM say that coins with the crescent mintmark to the left of the regnal year (as on this coin) were struck in Pondicherry, even though the mintname on the coin is Arkat. A SUPERB specimen with wonderful toning!